History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . idaysburg. There, hearing that they hadgone east on the canal packet, he followed them somethree miles down the towing-path, for the express purposeof having a crack at one of them. This story—whichobtained currency at the time, and is believed by manyto this day—was probably put into circul
History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . idaysburg. There, hearing that they hadgone east on the canal packet, he followed them somethree miles down the towing-path, for the express purposeof having a crack at one of them. This story—whichobtained currency at the time, and is believed by manyto this day—was probably put into circulation by someone who knew his inveterate hatred of Indians. An ac-quaintance of his informs us that he had business intown on the day on which the Indians passed through;hence his aj)pearance there. His gun he always carriedwith him, even on a visit to a near neighbor. That heinquired about the Indians is true; but it was merely outof an anxiety to see whether they looked as they did indays of yore. His business led him to Frankstown, butthat business was not to shoot Indians; for, if he stillcherished any hatred toward the race, he had better sensethan to show it on such an occasion. He died at his residence, of old age, about fifteen yearsago, beloved and respected by all. Peace to his ashes!. ARCH SPRING. IIISTOllY OF Tin: JUNIATA VALLEY. 227 CHAPTER XX. SINKING VALLEY — THE LEAD MINES — FORT UOBERDEAU—INDIANMURDER, AND HEROIC CONDUCT OF A WOMAN—ENCOUNTER WITH ASAVAGE—MURDER OF ROLLER AND BEBAULT, ETC. One of the most prominent j^oints in Pennsylvania,during the Revohition, was Sinking Valley, owdng, in agreat measure, to the fact that it had a fort, under mili-tary discipline,—where the sentry marched upon ram-parts, where the reveille aroused the inmates at thedawn of da}-, and where people felt secure in the imme-diate presence of muskets with bristling bayonets, a pairof cannon, and an abundance of ammunition, and where,for a long time, the greater part o
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